Category Archives: American Pale Ale

Pubcast 204 – Rocky Mountain High!

American Pale Ale, Belgian Golden Ale, Craft Beer, Imperial Red Ale, Imperial Saison, Lambic, Sour Ale, Stout

To coincide with the 2016 GABF, we are tasting some Colorado brews that were provided to the pubcast earlier this year, and need to be tasted! Joining Phil this week is John Bitterman, Chuck and Mimi Fort, and John Karwoski. Mark is roughing it at GABF this week, so we should have a ‘on-the-floor’ report from him next time!

The brews we have selected are ones that we think appeal to the novice who visits Colorado through to the seasoned craft beer drinker.  Our panel is a cross-section of palates, so we hope they represent for the average craft beer drinker!

Brews reviewed are:
Wynkoop Brewing Co – Mile High Pale Ale, 5.5%
– Colorojo, Imperial Red Ale, 8.2%
Funkwerks, Tropic King, Imperial Saison, 8.0%
​Odell Brewing, Friek, Lambic/Sour, 6.9%
​Crooked Stave, Serenata Notturna, mixed fermentation Belgian Golden Ale, 12%
​Breckenridge Brewing, 72 Imperial Barrel-aged, Chocolate Cream Stout, 7.2%

We also get a bonus beer, a test brew from Chuck Fort, an English bitter!

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Pubcast 193 – Memorial Day Brew Reviews

American Pale Ale, Belgian Style IPA, Craft Beer, Red IPA, Saison

Join the Brit, the Fin AND the Yankee for a miscellany of Instant Brew Reviews, recorded at the Brit and Yankee annual Memorial Day BBQ.
Mike Lingafelter brings a selection of brews back from the Ohio area, and Mark Naski throws in a contribution from Nebraska.
We review:

North High Brewing, Jalalima – “A super-fresh aroma of jalapeno peppers jumps from this beer without much of the spicy heat. Accented with a kiss of lime juice. The perfect beer for Cinco de Mayo.”
Platform Beer Co., Red Cup – Red India Pale Ale, Crimson, Bitter, Dank. A piney red IPA, with hints of grapefruit.
Pipeworks Brewing Co, Glaucus, Belgian Style IPA
Nebraska Brewing Co., Tarte Apricot Saison, variant of their popular Apricot au Poivre Saison
Platform Beer Co. (again!), Cherimoya Project with Bergamot Orange, APA style.
Fat Head’s Shakedown, Imperial American Stout

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Pubcast 187 – John’s Choice: Unlocking the Legend

American Pale Ale, Black IPA, Brewery, Craft Beer, Porter, Pubcasts, Stout, Wee Heavy, Weizenbock

TJ Hagen from Urban Legend Brewing in Westmont, has provided John’s Tavern with a cavalcade of brew samples, and John has called in the Brit and Yankee Pubcast to help him taste and select his next in-house beers. A great opportunity for us to run through some of the offerings from this suburban brewery, and find out some of the stories behind the beer names. Find out which ones we’d like to see on draft and in a bomber!

Our tasting list was:
1. Scylla’s Grasp – Mosaic Pale Ale – ABV- 5.2%, IBU- 45
2. The King’s Tree – Coffee Stout – ABV – 8.8%, IBU – 41.1
3. Udderly Utopia, Milk Stout – ABV 5.2%
4. Step On It Klaus! – German Weizenbock – ABV – 8%
5. Fain’s Sword – Scottish Wee Heavy – ABV – 9.4%
6. The Creature – Black IPA – ABV- 8.5%, IBU- 85
7. Imperial Mugshot – Brown Rye Porter – ABV – 9.1%, IBU – 70

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Pubcast 184 – 2nd Shift Brewing

American Pale Ale, Brett Lambicus, Brewery, Craft Beer, Double IPA, IPA

On this show we head away from Illinois and across the Mississippi into Missouri for an interview with a brewery who have quite a reputation there, and will hopefully soon be distributed into Illinois.
2nd Shift Brewing are currently based in Newhaven, MO. and produce several styles of beer, mostly ones that are well-made and highly drinkable.  We are reviewing three of them on this show – Brewligans, Katy, and Ratsalad.
Plus we put a call in to brewer Steve Criden, and chat to him about his brewery, past, present and future.
And here’s a link to a nice YouTube video made last year by Feast TV, so you can actually see Steve and his operation.
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